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1993-2003 Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) Report of Substance Abuse Treatment Admissions

Table 3.2a
Admissions by primary substance of abuse, according to age at admission: TEDS 2003
Column percent distribution and average age at admission
[Based on administrative data reported to TEDS by all reporting States and jurisdictions. See Table 4.2a.]
Age at admission All admis-
sions		 Primary substance at admission
Alcohol Opiates Cocaine Mari-
juana/
hashish		 Stimulants Tran-
quil-
izers		 Seda-
tives		 Hallu-
cino-
gens		 PCP Inhal-
ants		 Other/
none
speci-
fied
Alcohol
only		 With
secondary
drug		 Heroin Other
opiates		 Smoked
cocaine		 Other
route		 Metham-
phetamine/
amphet-
amine		 Other
stimu-
lants
Total  1,840,275 426,076 341,200 272,782 50,946 180,810 68,608 284,361 135,716 1,227 7,980 4,121 2,187 4,086 1,167 59,008
Age at admission                
Under 15 years   1.6   0.4   0.8     *   0.2   0.1   0.3   5.9   0.5   3.2   0.7   1.3   1.6   0.3  19.2  11.5
15 to 19 years  11.0   4.2   8.5   2.8   4.9   1.9   6.0  39.7   9.4  15.5   8.1   9.0  31.1   9.8  29.4  15.2
15 to 17 years   6.9   2.0   4.7   0.5   1.6   0.6   2.7  29.1   4.5   9.5   4.1   5.3  18.0   3.6  24.5  11.3
18 to 19 years   4.1   2.2   3.7   2.3   3.3   1.2   3.3  10.6   4.9   6.0   4.0   3.7  13.1   6.2   5.0   3.9
20 to 24 years  13.3   8.9  12.7  12.8  17.1   6.2  13.0  21.9  20.2  13.6  13.0  13.0  30.2  28.4  15.5  12.3
25 to 29 years  11.6   8.8  11.0  13.0  15.8   9.5  14.4  11.8  18.3  12.6  11.8  13.9  14.8  21.4   8.9  11.0
30 to 34 years  13.1  11.1  13.8  15.0  14.9  17.6  16.8   7.8  18.1  13.1  12.7  13.0   8.0  14.9   5.8  11.3
35 to 39 years  15.2  14.7  17.7  17.0  14.0  24.3  19.1   5.6  15.1  13.2  13.8  13.5   4.9  11.4   7.6  11.3
40 to 44 years  15.1  18.3  17.7  16.4  14.1  22.2  16.5   4.0  11.2  11.7  14.5  15.2   4.7   8.2   6.1  11.1
45 to 49 years  10.2  14.8  10.8  12.8  10.4  12.0   8.8   2.1   5.0   9.1  13.3  10.7   2.7   3.9   4.3   7.7
50 to 54 years   5.2   9.2   4.7   7.0   5.3   4.5   3.4   0.8   1.5   4.8   6.8   6.0   1.3   0.9   2.2   4.4
55 to 59 years   2.2   5.1   1.6   2.3   2.1   1.3   1.1   0.3   0.5   2.1   3.0   2.4   0.5   0.4   0.6   2.2
60 to 64 years   0.9   2.5   0.5   0.7   0.7   0.4   0.4   0.1   0.1   0.7   1.3   0.9     - -   0.2   0.3   1.0
65 years and over   0.6   1.9   0.2   0.3   0.4   0.1   0.1   0.1     *   0.5   1.0   1.1   0.2     *   0.1   1.0
Total  100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
No. of admissions  1,836,702 425,367 340,544 272,310 50,784 180,542 68,350 283,744 135,567 1,225 7,947 4,112 2,183 4,081 1,165 58,781
Average age at admission 34 yrs 39 yrs 35 yrs 36 yrs 34 yrs 37 yrs 34 yrs 23 yrs 31 yrs 32 yrs 36 yrs 35 yrs 25 yrs 29 yrs 24 yrs 30 yrs
*  Less than 0.05 percent.
- -  Quantity is zero.
SOURCE: Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS). Data received through 4.11.05.